em·ploy
əmˈploi/Submit
verb
past tense: employed; past participle: employed
1.
give work to (someone) and pay them for it.
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2.
make use of.
“the methods they have employed to collect the data”
synonyms: use, utilize, make use of, avail oneself of;
This abomination of a thread should have never started. Willful ignorance of the definition of employed.